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No. 595,232. Patented Dec. 7, 1897.

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UNIThn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM H. \VILSON, OF NOOONA, TEXAS.

STIRRUP.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,232, dated December 7, 1897. Application filed February 15,1897, Serial No. 623,416. (No model.)

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM HENRY WIL- SON, of Nocona, in the county of Montague and State of Texas, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Stirrups, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in stirrups, and has for an object to so construct the stirrup as to prevent the strap-bar thereof from hurting the instep of the user and from wearing his trousers; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions, combi nations, and arrangements of parts.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stirrup constructed according to my invention; and Fig. 2 is a side View thereof, the foot being indicated in dotted lines.

The stirrup maybe made of leather, wood, metal, or other suitable material and may be plated, decorated, or ornamented in any desired manner. It is formed with the tread-bar A, side bars B, and strap-bar C, the latter being oifset with respect to the tread-bar A. This is effected in the construction shown by forming the side bars B with jogs or offset portions 17, which operate to throw the strap-bar 0 forward in such manner that it will not strike and hurt the instep of the rider and will not operate to wear the boot or the trousers of the rider.

The jogb is formed near the top of the side bars, the offset departing in such manner as to set the strap-bar almost over the front edge of the tread-bar.

It will be especially observed that in addition to overcoming the abrasive efiect of the strap-bar upon the boot and lower part of the trousers and the injury to the riders instep the location of the strap-bar in advance of the middle line of the tread-bar overcomes the danger of the foot being caught in the stirrup in the event of the rider being thrown, for it can readily be seen that the foot is much more free to move when the strap-bar is placed according to the principles of my invention than if the strap-bar were located immediately against the boot.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The improved stirrup herein described having a tread-bar, and a strap-bar offset with respect to the tread bar and rigidly connected therewith, substantially as described, whereby the strap-bar is relatively in advance of the tread-bar and Will be held from binding against the leg or instep of a rider who has his boot inserted to cause the heel to bear against the tread-bar, substantially as described.

\VILLIAM H. WILSON.

Witnesses:

ELMORE KINET, T. A. MoonnY. 

